By Maya Kashima
Under constant threat from the Trump Administration, America’s undocumented immigrants need more support than ever. As BCC’s Undocumented Community Resource Center settles into its new offices on the school’s main campus, co-founder Carolina Martinez reflects on the years-long fight to provide support to some of community’s most vulnerable members. Continue reading Undocumented
By Nancy Millar Patton
With semester’s end fast approaching, we have just the thing to help you avoid a summer slump. Learn about some little-known classes for making home brew or the art of belly dancing. The BCC Voice provides a few ideas for the best classes you never knew existed. Continue reading Inspirations for Summer Fun
By Jesse Rosenthal
Amidst the rubble at the center of Downtown Berkeley, a new BART station is emerging. The BCC Voice investigates BART’s new additions, the planned finalizing, and the public’s view on the 9.5 million dollar cost. Continue reading Berkeley Rebuilt
By Adam Mann
Commuting hundreds of miles a week. Working at two or more campuses. Getting by on welfare. Peralta Community College District’s part-time faculty share their experiences as part of America’s temporary workforce. Continue reading Freeway Flyers
By Liz Zarka
The #MeToo movement is an international campaign, but its effects are felt locally at Berkeley City College. Learn how the movement is forcing campuses to re-evaluate their reporting process. Continue reading #MeToo Meets BCC
By Adam Mann
Wondering why there aren’t more dispensaries in the area? We ask the founder of CBCB in Berkeley. And if you’ve never been to a dispensary and aren’t sure how it works, check here for tips! Continue reading Its Legal …
By Alexander Coates
When he left one of the most prestigious news organizations in the country to create his own daily email newsletter, Mike McPhate and editor Andrew Zahler’s “The Golden Stater” ran into trouble right away. But that hasn’t dampened McPhate’s enthusiasm for the medium nor has it doused his exuberance for the subject of his newsletter, our great state of California. Continue reading Covering California
By Alexander Coates
The path of least resistance is a prison all its own. University of California, Berkeley’s Underground Scholars Initiative is a resource pool for formerly-incarcerated and system-impacted students whose outreach and expansion into Peralta Community College District campuses is facilitated largely by the same individuals it aims to help, but is their model an extension of society’s disdain for deviants? Continue reading Straight from the Underground
By Adam Mann
Two steps forward… City College of San Francisco has initiated a pilot program that allows students to attend free of charge and Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill that would provide for students’ first year of community college. The BCC Voice examines the unique hurdles to offering free education faced by the Peralta Community College District. Continue reading Free Tuition
